It's a Yamaha beech custom which isn't produced anymore. The snare is maple custom absolute. I think the absolute lugs are a step backwards since they don't allow to finger tighten the head, which is essential for tuning.
I'd like a smaller snare and smaller kick though.

Cymbals are all zildjians.
The ride is a vintage avedis with hollow logo.
The crash is a very thin K custom fast crash. Too light if you ask me, even though I like low volume. I want to replace it with an A custom crash.
Hats and china are K brilliant. Too bad Zildjian doesn't sell them anymore since the brilliant finish "sweetens" the tone. I'm looking for smaller hats but the china is just amazing: sweet, dark and light.

I'm not gonna go into details with hardware, safe that imo it's essential to have sturdy but smooth pedals, as pedals greatly influence control. That's why I invested in iron cobra HH and kick pedals, although I rarely use the second kick pedal.
Btw, the hardware is the only stuff I bought new (and the crash as well).

Here are a couple pics from the guy I bought it from. They don't show the grain or color very well though. It really is a good looking color, I wish it matched my set better!
I think I'm starting to like the sound. its my first wood shell snare, and my experience with snares is pretty narrow.

I'm curious...
How would you describe the sound qualities of the beech? How would you compare them to, say, birch and maple? I've never had the pleasure to hear beech drums...

If we put ten maple drums next to ten birch drums and blindfolded you, would you know which is which?

The traits of heads, the room's acoustics and the diameter/depth/thickness are a much bigger factor than the wood type.

What I can tell though is that the drums sound "round" but that might be because of the coated heads and medium-thick shells. The kick sounds big but that might be because of the emad with no internal muffling. You'd probably hear more difference on the snare but my snare's not beech.

Why not order a Blueberry kick trough yamaha directly. If you buy an other colour it will be going to be totaly diffferent. Blueberry has a specific texture ehile depending on the light it turns either blue or purple. You wont get that with any other of the colours that are ou now. Also because of the Beech grain.

If a Beech shell will be a hassle you can also opt for a birch or maple kick.

I don't mind if it looks a bit different, as long as it sounds good. Snares don't always match drum sets, so why should bass drums.

I don't think they offer beech absolutes either and I'm not sure whether to get birch or maple.

The thing I fear more than wood grain is the price. A custom order will cost around 1000  I guess. That's the price I payed for the entire shell set and I'm hesitant to spend that much for just a kick.

I don't mind if it looks a bit different, as long as it sounds good. Snares don't always match drum sets, so why should bass drums.

I don't think they offer beech absolutes either and I'm not sure whether to get birch or maple.

The thing I fear more than wood grain is the price. A custom order will cost around 1000  I guess. That's the price I payed for the entire shell set and I'm hesitant to spend that much for just a kick.

Instead of thinking... Act! Send the office a mail for a quote on possibillity's and price.

And a birch or maple will cost you around the same since the new series came out (and the absolute lugs became special order to)

if you have patient. Sometimes a kick will show up on any of the ebays (.com .de .ca .sp .it .ch etc etc) for sometimes really good prices ;)

Very cool set. Too bad you couldn't get it with a virgin kick... I hate the look of an empty tom mount, which is why every kit I've ever owned has been (more or less) virgin. I know you don't need to hear this, but you could mount your ride on the bass drum and eliminate an entire stand. Since it looks like you're pretty economical with your other stands, it's a shame that your ride cymbal requires its own stand just to itself. Still, I do understand wanting to keep the kick free from extra weight and sympathetic vibration.

My setup is pretty similar to yours, all things considered- 1 or 2 toms up (sharing a stand with a crash cymbal), 1 down (sharing a stand with my ride), and most of the time I have another cymbal stand that I can mount 2 cymbals to. For smaller combo gigs, I just bring crash and ride- only 2 tripods hit the ground aside from my hi hat (which also has a splash mounted to it). I love the simplicity, honestly.

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I'm economical for practical reasons. I prefer to spend more time playing than setting up. I don't mind the bracket and I think the ride is heavy enough to deserve its own stand. I would prefer a floor tom to save one stand, then mount the ride together with a crash.

I absolutely love the snare and the kick sounds big, a bit boomy. I'm not happy with how the toms sound and will check out clear P3 and clear EC1. I'm also looking at new cymbals and am leaning towards this:

I have seen 99% of Yamaha's colours and none of them match the Blueberry (just like Apple Red doesn't match Red Oak, althoug on some pictures they look the same, even more than blueberry) I was looking for extra shells when I had that Beech to ;)

Thanks but that colour doesn't look any closer to mine than the one I posted. I don't mine if the colour is a bit off. Snares don't have to match, why should bass drums.

You suggested ordering blueberry. Lookoing at your picture, you might have some experience with Yamaha. Is it possible to order a kick in a colour that isn't supported anymore? How much more will such special order cost?